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1. NEW DEPUTY STATE MINISTERS APPOINTED
   (Daily News: December 8, 2003)

   Today State Minister Zurab Zhvania announced appointment of new deputies – Tamar Beruchashvili and Guram Absandze.

   Beruchashvili, who was deputy foreign minister earlier, will be in charge of relations with donors and coordinate aid programs.

2. HEAD OF TRADITIONALISTS AGAINST BOYCOTTING ELECTIONS AND SAAKASHVILI
   (Daily News: December 8, 2003)

   Akaki Asatiani, head of Traditionalists, considers boycotting the forthcoming elections inadmissible, as, he says, the processes in the country must be kept “within the framework of the Constitution”.

   Asatiani says election of the head of National Movement Mikhail Saakashvili as president is admissible, although he regards this as an “amusing political incident”.

3. CEC SETS DATES FOR VOTERS’ PRELIMINARY REGISTRATION AND DEFINES FUNDS FOR HOLDING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
   (Daily News: December 8, 2003)

   The Central Election Commission (CEC) proposes that voters should undergo preliminary registration at polling stations between December 15 and 21. From 21 to 25 December members of district commissions will have to recheck the data.

4. TBILAVIAMSHENI MANAGERS LEAVE FOR DUBAI TO ATTEND AIR SHOW
   (Daily News: December 5, 2003)

   Nodar Beridze, the director general of Tbilaviamsheni, Tbilisi aircraft plant, and Zurab Seskuria, the director of foreign economic relations, left for Dubai today to take part in an international air show to be held from December 7 to 11.

   Seskuria told Sarke, Tbilaviamsheni is leasing 25 square meters on this show to introduce the enterprise – its video materials, exhibition stands and model planes.

5. FINANCE MINISTRY’S STRUCTURES HAVE NEW CHIEFS
   (Daily News: December 5, 2003)

   Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli has appointed David Galegashvili, the deputy Finance Minister, as head of the Tax Department.

   Galegashvili told journalists, “strengthening and recovery of the system” would be the key task; as for everyday work, it would focus on the tax collection.

6. KUTSNASHVILI OF SOCIALISTS AGAINST PRELIMINARY REGISTRATION OF VOTERS
   (Daily News: December 5, 2003)

   Zakaria Kutsnashvili of Socialist Party says the preliminary registration of voters is a “dangerous initiative” as it may cause the deliberate reduction of the number of voters.

   A presidential candidate is to collect at least 700,000-800,000 votes in the elections not to raise doubts about his legitimacy, Kutsnashvili told a briefing today.

7. FINANCE MINISTER COUNTS ON DONORS’ SUPPORT
   (Daily News: December 4, 2003)

   Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli met today with representatives of donor organizations and diplomatic corps. During the meeting, possibilities of providing financial support to Georgia were considered.

8. US PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR GEORGIA
   (Daily News: December 4, 2003)

   Lynn Pascoe, the deputy assistant secretary for European and Eurasian affairs of the US Department of State, announced the fields in which the financial support will be provided for Georgia after he had met with representatives of the provisional government of the country today.

   The US plans to disburse to Georgia $5 million to solve urgent issues.

9. HEW AUTHORITIES PROMISE TO MAKE PUBLIC SERVICE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE
   (Daily News: December 4, 2003)

   The presentation of a new project “Public Service for Everyone” was held today at the State Office. As part of the project, aiming at attracting high-skilled staff to the service will be created an informational bank.

10. SAAKASHVILI LAUNCHES ELECTION CAMPAIGN
    (Daily News: December 4, 2003)

    For the first time today, Mikheil Saakashvili has officially been introduced to the public as a presidential candidate of the alliances Saakashvili – National Movement and Burjanadze-Democrats.

    The acting president of Georgia Nino Burjanadze said it had been an absolutely right decision to nominate a common candidate by the alliances and that she was confident they would win.

11. CEC INTRODUCES PRELIMINARY REGISTRATION OF VOTERS AND REVERTS TO ADDITIONAL LISTS
    (Daily News: December 4, 2003)

    Zurab Chiaberashvili, a new chairman of Central Election Commission (CEC), has suggested today an alternative way of solving the problem of voters’ registers.

    In particular, voters will be preliminary registered.

12. SOME POLITICAL FORCES TO BOYCOTT PRESIDENTIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
    (Daily News: December 3, 2003)

    Shalva Natelashvili, head of Laborists, considers forthcoming January 4 presidential election illegal and does not intend to participate in it.

    Natelashvili told a news briefing today, as a result of the elections, which will be “rigged and prove destructive for the country”, “terrorist dictate” will be established.

13. WORLD BANK COUNTRY DIRECTOR AND NEWLY APPOINTED COUNTRY MANAGER VISITING GEORGIA
    (Daily News: December 3, 2003)

    Donna Dowsett-Coirolo, the World Bank Country Director for Georgia and the newly appointed Country Manager Roy Southworth, who are visiting Tbilisi, will meet with the provisional government of the country to discuss the ways in which the World Bank can render its assistance to the country.Today Donna Dowsett-Coirolo and Roy Southworth met with Georgian Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli and the president of the National Bank Irakli Managadze.

    According to the NB, Dowsett-Coirolo said the World Bank had been pleased with the monetary policy conducted in Georgia.

14. NEW FINANCE MINISTER TALKS ABOUT GAP IN THE BUDGET AND MEASURES TO FILL IT
    (Daily News: December 2, 2003)

    Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli held the first news briefing today to report on the budget and measures to provide collection of revenues.

    Nogaideli said the annual plan of revenues of the budget-2003 had been performed by 74% and a gap in the revenue part and deficit coverage sources would reach 286 million lari by the end of the year.

15. FINANCE MINISTRY CALCULATES INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
    (Daily News: December 2, 2003)

    According to the Finance Ministry, total amount of money donors will provide for holding new elections in Georgia is 5.3 million EUR.

    The Ministry expects additional 5 million EUR in December-January from the European Commission as part of the Food Security Program, which was suspended this year.

16. SOCIALISTS NOT SATISFIED WITH COMPOSITION OF ELECTORAL COMMISSIONS
    (Daily News: December 2, 2003)

    Irakli Mindeli, head of the Parliamentary faction of Socialists, accuses the new authorities of monopolizing the electoral system. After appointing new members, the “de facto authorities broke balance” and now are having the majority in electoral commissions, he told a news briefing today.

17. NEW STATE MINISTER SPEAKS ABOUT NEW STYLE OF RULE
    (Daily News: December 1, 2003)

    Zurab Zhvania, the leader of Democrats party, and the State Minister since last week, thinks “fundamental change of a ruling system” is essential.

    Zhvania told a news briefing today, he did not mean redecoration and a “new style of management” but an “absolutely new personnel policy”.

18. 13 CANDIDATES TO RUN FOR PRESIDENCY
    (Daily News: December 1, 2003)

    Georgia has already 13 candidates to run for presidency with a few days more that one month left before presidential elections. Among them are Mikhail Saakashvili, the head of the National Movement, Igor Giorgadze, the ex-security minister, wanted by the former authorities of Georgia on charges of terrorism, Kartlos Garibashvili, a well-known lawyer, Temur Shashiashvili, a former representative of the president in Imereti region.

19. ROSES AND THORNS
    (Weekly Press Digest: November 30, 2003)

    Red Roses have become the symbol of opposition protests in Tbilisi where streamers praising the revolution of roses have been strung out, writes 24 Saati on the following day of the November 23 developments.

    The euphoria has abated and the provision government has been left faced with number of tough issues.

20. NUMBER OF POLITICAL PARTIES DOUBT LEGITIMACY OF INTERIM GOVERNMENT AND WARN OF PROBLEMS IN AJARA
    (Daily News: November 27, 2003)

    A number of deputies from the pro-governmental alliance attended the second session of the Parliament today, unlike the previous one, and estimated November 23 development as a “coup”.

    Vakhtang Rcheulishvili, the leader of Socialists refusing to take part in Parliament’s work, also appeared to state his stance.

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